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The Apartment · 1960 — 第 3 / 15 章 · 2'27" · B1

Baxter Meets Fran at the Theatre, Explained：go to waste

Baxter asks Fran out and learns she is meeting a man; she admits the affair is over — "it used to be serious. At least, I was. But he wasn't" — yet she still promised him a drink, and agrees to meet Baxter at the theatre. He sounds patient and kind, but he knows more about her than he should.

あらすじ

Baxter waits for Fran at the theatre. He invites her to dinner and the show, but she says she is meeting a man. She admits the relationship is more or less over, though she promised him a drink; so she agrees to meet Baxter at the theatre. Later, in the lobby, Baxter reveals he knows her height, weight, and medical history from the company insurance file.

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注目の表現

almost didn't recognizecivilian clothesbe personalused to

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このシーンの表現

almost didn't recognize

barely recognized you

Waiting at the theatre, Baxter blurts that he almost did not recognize her out of uniform.

I almost didn't recognize you with short hair.

このシーンの他の表現

  • civilian clothes

    non-uniform clothes

  • be personal

    pry into private matters

  • used to

    was formerly

  • more or less

    roughly

  • all sorts of

    many different kinds

このシーンのメモ一覧

35 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

スラング · B2schnook

a fool — Old New York slang for a fool; mildly scornful.

Instead he takes me to Hamburger Heaven and some schnook's apartment.
表現 · A2wait for someone

expecting you

I've been waiting for you. I almost didn't recognize you.
発音didn't recognize

The t in didn't often drops and blends into recognize.

I've been waiting for you. I almost didn't recognize you.
表現 · B1in civilian clothes

non-uniform clothes

Baxter notes it is the first time he has seen Fran out of her work uniform.

This is the first time I've seen you in civilian clothes.
文法 · B1the first time I've seen you

present perfect: After the first time, the present perfect marks an experience up to now.

This is the first time I've seen you in civilian clothes.
表現 · B1get a bite to eat

grab a quick meal

We could get a bite to eat first, and then go.
表現 · A2meet someone

have a date with someone

- I'm sorry, I can't. I'm meeting somebody. - Oh.
表現 · B2the fellas in the office

the guys at work

I wasn't trying to be personal. The fellas in the office were wondering if you ever...
スラング · A2fellas

guys — Casual word for guys; fine with friends.

I wasn't trying to be personal. The fellas in the office were wondering if you ever...
表現 · B1something serious

a serious relationship

This date, is it... just a date? Or is it something serious?
表現 · B1used to be

was formerly

Fran admits the affair used to be serious, at least on her side.

Well, it used to be serious. At least, I was. But he wasn't.
文法 · B1At least, I was

ellipsis: The adjective is left out after I was, so serious carries over.

Well, it used to be serious. At least, I was. But he wasn't.
発音used to be

Used to is often pronounced yoos-ta, with the d nearly silent.

Well, it used to be serious. At least, I was. But he wasn't.
表現 · B1more or less

roughly

Fran sums up the affair with a shrug: it is more or less finished.

So now the whole thing's more or less kaput.
スラング · B2kaput

finished, broken — Casual, borrowed from German, meaning done for.

So now the whole thing's more or less kaput.
表現 · A2have a drink with someone

meet someone for a drink

I promised I'd have a drink with him. He's been calling me all week.
表現 · B1go to waste

be wasted

Well, it was just an idea. I hate to see a theater ticket go to waste.
文法 · B2see a theater ticket go to waste

verb of perception: After see, the bare infinitive go describes the whole event.

Well, it was just an idea. I hate to see a theater ticket go to waste.
表現 · A2meet someone at a place

see you at

Well, I could meet you at the theatre.
表現 · A2how is your X

how is your condition

- How is your cold? - What cold?
表現 · B1go out on the town

paint the town red

After the show we could go out on the town. [hums dance tune] - I've been taking from Arthur Murray. - So I see.
表現 · B1who someone lives with

your housemate

- How do you know where I live? - Oh, I... even know who you live with.
発音How do you know

Do you weakens and links into a single dya sound.

- How do you know where I live? - Oh, I... even know who you live with.
表現 · B1all sorts of things

many different things

I know when you were born and where. I know all sorts of things about you.
表現 · A2look up something

search for

A couple of months ago I looked up your card in the group insurance file.
表現 · B1have one's appendix out

have your appendix removed

You had mumps and measles and you had your appendix out.
表現 · B1get the wrong idea

misunderstand

I wouldn't want 'em to get the wrong idea about how you found out. Bye.
スラング · A2'em

them — Spoken contraction of them; too casual for writing.

I wouldn't want 'em to get the wrong idea about how you found out. Bye.

「Baxter Meets Fran at the Theatre」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene looks like a shy office romance, but it is really about how much Baxter already knows. He has been studying Fran through the one thing he controls: her personnel file. "I know when you were born and where. I know all sorts of things about you," he tells her, then explains, "A couple of months ago I looked up your card in the group insurance file." What he thinks of as devotion lands as surveillance, and Fran's reply is a polite warning: "Don't mention the appendix to the fellas in the office." Her own line, "it used to be serious. At least, I was. But he wasn't," explains why she is free at all — and why she still keeps her promise to the other man. The scene plays as courtship, but the power runs the wrong way: the man with no private life is quietly studying the woman who has one.

Theme

RomanceBaxter finally gets a quiet moment with Fran, and asks her out, but the date she already has keeps the romance out of reach.
SecretsHe knows her height, weight and medical history from her personnel file, an intimacy she never chose to share.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Baxter's invitation is gentle, and her refusal is just as gentle.
  • He admits reading her file and calls it ordinary office curiosity.
  • Used to be carries the whole story of a finished romance.
  • One saved theatre ticket keeps the evening alive.

発音のポイント

  • didn't recognize — The t in didn't often drops and blends into recognize.
  • used to be — Used to is often pronounced yoos-ta, with the d nearly silent.
  • How do you know — Do you weakens and links into a single dya sound.
Well, it used to be serious. At least, I was. But he wasn't.

Fran sums up the affair in three beats: it was serious once, her feelings were real, and his were not.

I know when you were born and where. I know all sorts of things about you.

Baxter means it as devotion, but it comes out as a confession of how closely he has studied her.

So now the whole thing's more or less kaput.

Her verdict on the relationship: not ended with drama, just quietly finished, and she says it almost lightly.

This is the first time I've seen you in civilian clothes.

Baxter notices that Fran is out of her uniform; it is his way of saying he only ever sees her at work, and wants more.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Fran turn down Baxter's invitation?

She already has plans. She tells him she is meeting a man, and although that relationship is more or less over, she still promised the man a drink, so she keeps the date.

Who is the man Fran is meeting?

She won't say. Baxter only learns that it is not a girlfriend but a man, and that it used to be a serious relationship which he did not treat as seriously as she did.

Why does Fran agree to meet Baxter at the theatre?

Because she cannot come to dinner first, but she can slip away later. She tells him she will meet him in the lobby, which keeps the evening alive without breaking her other promise.

Why is Fran upset by how much Baxter knows about her?

He recites facts from her personnel file: her height, weight, medical history and where she lives. Information she never told him, which turns his interest into something closer to snooping.

What does "kaput" mean?

"Kaput" is a borrowed slang word meaning broken or finished. Fran uses it to say her relationship did not end in a scene; it just quietly stopped being real.

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第 1 章throw a monkey wrenchBaxter Swaps His Apartment Nights第 2 章out of handSheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key再生中 · 第 3 章go to wasteBaxter Meets Fran at the Theatre第 4 章kid yourselfFran Turns Sheldrake Down at the Booth第 5 章all that jazzThe Bosses Welcome Baxter to His Office第 6 章stood me upBaxter Asks Fran Out at the Party第 7 章ancient historySheldrake Leaves Fran on Christmas Eve第 8 章might as wellBaxter Picks Up Mrs. MacDougall第 9 章out of the woodsDreyfuss Saves Fran and Scolds Baxter第 10 章touch and goBaxter Calls Sheldrake About Fran第 11 章good-time CharlieFran Rehearses the Cover Story第 12 章from the word goFran Tells Baxter Her Life Story第 13 章can't say noBaxter Saves Fran From a Gas Leak第 14 章had it comingBaxter's Dinner for Two Is Interrupted第 15 章take someone off your handsSheldrake Takes Fran off Baxter's Hands
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